Quotes About Equality

I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.

Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.

What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.

We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

No government can sell its nation on the backs of its people.

You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

Certainly the worker has nothing to lose by a change from government and capitalism to a condition of no government, of anarchy.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are treating their people.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that god prefers some

When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in slavery.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Words don't change children's lives. Real action by the government and equality would.

You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.